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Richardson Beach surfForecast / Lake Ontario / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 16 Jan 2026 EST
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Richardson Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Richardson Beach sea temperature is
0.7° C
 (Which is 2.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Richardson Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Richardson Beach at 9AM is: 0.3m 5s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)1ft (0.3m)5s
Afternoon (16 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Evening (16 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)5s

Table - waves today at Richardson Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
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4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
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0
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WNW
0.6
W
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.9
SSE
1.4
S
1.6
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SW
2.1
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2.3
SW
Period(s) (?)455554666666678999877777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1317451136116179233254258216349598994136814521073711529452362342500
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
SW
5
SSE
10
ESE
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
W
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		oncross-
on		crossoncross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
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Low Tide
/ height (m)
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise--7:37-------7:37-------7:37-----
Sunset----4:53-------4:54-------4:55---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light snow
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-18-20-16-11-10-7-20000121-2-3-3-6-5-3-3-4-6-7
Feels °C (?)-25-26-21-16-15-12-9-7-7-7-7-5-4-5-7-9-11-12-11-10-10-10-10-11
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